Category Archives: Israel

Thursday briefs

Say, kids, what time is it? That’s right, it’s Israeli Double Standard Time. The world is slamming Israel for refusing to freeze settlements, but there’s not a word about the Palestinians not talking to Israel during the ten months that … Continue reading

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How can I whitewash? Let me count the ways

Just when you think the AP can’t get any better at whitewashing, you’re wrong. Over 200 mortars and rockets—including Grad rockets—have been fired from Gaza into Israel this year. So how does the AP manipulate language to make it seem … Continue reading

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Boycott Israel: Stop miracles from happening

The boycott and divest morons are working to prevent Israeli inventions like this: Oh, sure, they say they’re not against innovation. But boycotting Israel, with the intent to harm Israel’s economy, means companies that invent devices like this don’t get … Continue reading

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Around the news, briefly

So, how’s that Syrian outreach going for us? Not good at all. Nope. So, let’s see—the Obama administration outreach to Russia? Zilch. Syria? Zilch. Iran? Zilch. North Korea? Zilch. How’s about the Obama attitude towards Israel? Smart power not looking … Continue reading

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Tom Paine vs. the BDS wussies

You don’t mess around with Tom. His story follows: Pugnacious self-defence is very much the theme of this season, but you don’t have to time-travel back to the Selucid period to find yourself in a fight. In what I think … Continue reading

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Your Tuesday morning briefs

Some good old-fashioned right-wing anti-Semitism: Just a blast from the past for those of us who remember the anti-Semitism of the right. The Texas legislature has the kind I remember from my childhood: “Religious” Christians who want to make sure … Continue reading

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Israel sharks are eating Egyptian tourists

It’s unbelievable, what those wily Zionists can do: Now, we can command sharks to eat up foreign tourists in the Red Sea (but only off the Egyptian coast, not Israel), just so we can ruin Egypt’s tourism industry. Speaking on … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Zionists are more awesome than anyone knew: Iranians are in another tizzy over another Star of David, this one on the roof of Iran Air, seen on Google Maps. It’s supposedly 30 years old, and may be a prank by … Continue reading

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Time out for a religious controversy

Here is where I put up a post that causes a wildfire of its own in the comments section. Shas’ spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef implied on Saturday night that the fire raging on Mount Carmel in northern Israel was … Continue reading

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Wikileaks and Erdogan as Mini-Me

Our thoughts today continue to be with the people of Israel dealing with the horrific fire in the Carmel Forest. I saw this morning that PM Netanyahu and PM Erdogan of Turkey spoke this morning for the first time. Netanyahu … Continue reading

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Friday fire briefs

Pray for rain: Jameel is live-blogging the fire again. Tragedy trumps posturing? Netanyahu and Erdogan talk. If only Erdogan keeps this attitude after the disaster is over, because NFW is Israel going to apologize to Turkey. Just how old is … Continue reading

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Delegitimizing Israel, one sentence at a time

It’s not my imagination, it’s a real anti-Israel bias. The AP put out an update on the Israeli fires, and the overnight editor appears not to hate Israel at all. (H/T: Y from the comments.) “Fire extinguishing planes were on … Continue reading

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Fire in Israel

The largest forest fire in Israel’s history has already taken dozens of lives. Turkey is actually offering to help. The AP still can’t resist inserting its boilerplate about the flotilla (of course, never adding that the “bloody attack” was due … Continue reading

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There is referendum and then there is referendum

There is a good referendum: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says group will back formation of Palestinian state with 1967 borders, Jerusalem as capital and resolution of refugee issue if approved by referendum, despite group’s differing ideology. And then there is … Continue reading

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Thursday, briefly

Behold, the awesome power of Zionists! A Turkish tool is blaming—who else?—Israel for the Wikileaks cables about his boss’ Islamism. The little Islamist is also saying that the entire reason for Wikileaks was to harm Turkey. Egocentric much? Speaking of … Continue reading

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